An addiction is a persistent behavioral pattern marked by physical and/or psychological dependency that causes significant disruption and negatively impacts the quality of life of an organism.
Okay, I don't know if Facebook or the t.v. negatively impacts the quality of my life, but I would say it negatively impacts me and the quality time I have with my family and them with us. So maybe, that does impact my life somehow huh?
I have gotten all kinds of comments from people when I mention our experiment. From "oh my gosh, how in the world can you do that?" to "that's good, but I don't think I could ever do that!" I bet there are a lot of people out there that have not gotten "unplugged" in their life. It definitely is a challenge, and one that is more difficult than I thought.
The last two days have not been too bad. The worst part of the day for me is when it's just Olivia and I. We have about 4 hours alone together before anyone else comes home. And that's 4 straight hours that we spend together for the most part. Don't get me wrong, I love her and I love being with her, but there is such as a thing as too much of a good thing. We both need a break from each other. But t.v. is not the answer. She is learning to play again by herself. She used to be really good at that...now she is RElearning. We went to the grocery store yesterday - that occupied a chunk of time and then we scrapbooked together, that was really fun. She helped me pick out stickers and cut squares with the punch. We also did a lot of reading together. She is a new reader and just beginning, but she enjoys it. It takes a long time to read "I Am Having a Party"about 8 minutes for a 5 page book, but that's ok!
The evening was easy because we were all gone again. Oly had a soccer game (we lost), and Odin had baseball and then we had our church small group, so we were gone from the house from 4:30 - 8:30, and then home to put the kids to bed. So figuring out what to do with them in the evening was not a problem. Tomorrow and this weekend will be a different story.
I am finding what is most difficult for me is Facebook. Why the need to know what everyone is doing during the day is beyond me. Before I had Facebook I didn't know what everyone was doing all the time and my life was just fine! It's an addiction I'm telling you.
The other is my reality t.v. I missed Dancing with the Stars on Monday night and Tuesday I so badly wanted to know the result of the voting. Why? Would my life then be complete to know who it was that got voted off? Apparantly not, because when I logged on to check my email later in the evening there it was - "KATE GOSSLIN GOT VOTED OFF DWTS!" I said "oh wow" and then moved on. It did not alter my life, it did not change my life for the better, it did not make a postive impact on me. Only the Bible, time with God and time with my family have that sort of impact!
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